| 单词 | mallard |
| 释义 | mallard From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishBirdsmallardmal‧lard /ˈmælɑːd $ -ərd/ noun [countable]HBBa type of wild duckExamples from the Corpusmallard• There is a fancy mailbox in the shape of a mallard with the name Alvesteffer beneath it.• Rain sheeted down on gad wall, tufted duck, coot and mallard.• Teal and mallard dabbled behind wave-preventing barriers.• Darwin noticed that some monogamous birds have very colorful males: mallards, for example, and blackbirds.• Yield is best from ducks that weigh at least 4 pounds, although many mallards weigh only 2 to 3 pounds.• Moorhens, mallards, grebes and a heron work the murky water for their evening meals.• Daybreak A little mist hangs above the pond, which is still save for a single mallard paddling slowly back and forth.• Dabblers like the mallard seem to demand that the spiral moves clockwise from the eye over the full round forehead.Origin mallard (1300-1400) Old French mallart, probably from masle, male “male” |
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